Posts Tagged ‘Mike Nelson’

One prospect who has a chance to be a free-agent pickup for an NFL team following the 2014 NFL Draft worked out March 14 at Central Washington’s pro day. There was a representative from one NFL team on hand to catch offensive lineman Mike Nelson and four other athletes work out outdoors on moist grass. Nelson (6-foot-3 1/4, 289 pounds) ran the 40-yard dash in 5.47 seconds against the wind and 5.37 seconds with the wind. He had a 29-inch vertical jump and an 8-foot-3 broad jump. He did the three-cone drill in 8.10 seconds and the short shuttle in 4.68 seconds. Nelson — who has 32 1/8-inch arms — did 19 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. […]

Pro Days

NFL coaches, scouts and GMs are traveling all over the country in March and April to get one more chance to see draft prospects up close at their college “pro days.” NFL.com will take you there as well, providing the most up-to-date results of drills and workouts – whose stock rose, whose stock fell, and who was there to witness it.